Word: trend
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Reagan Administration's effort to establish a lifetime censorship system for more than 100,000 federal employees is only the most blatant example of this trend. Reagan has also mounted an assault on the Freedom of Information Act--long a tool for watchdogs of the government--including a request to exempt the CIA from FOIA provisions entirely. He has signed an executive order allowing the CIA and FBI to monitor and infiltrate academic and press institutions. The Pentagon has ordered employees to take lie-detector tests, in an effort to root out news leaks...
...first black African leaders to ally his country openly with the Soviet Union. But when his brand of "revolutionary socialism" failed to alleviate Guinea's poverty, he turned to the West for assistance. The country's new rulers have indicated that they would, if anything, accelerate that trend. Military broadcasts said that the government would "restore the rundown economy through the encouragement of private enterprise and foreign investment...
...budget deficit that threatens to top $200 billion. The budget gap may stall the economic recovery by pushing up interest rates. Last week banks raised the prime rate that they charge corporate customers from 11.5% to 12%, the second rise in three weeks. The Federal Reserve Board reinforced the trend by raising the discount rate it charges on loans to banks from...
...report] is an expression of a growing trend in enlightened medical circles to recognize the patient's right to play an active part in the treatment," said Professor of Health Policy and Management Harvey V. Fineberg...
Explaining the trend to improve residential life. Helm says, "For a while students saw the dorms as a place to retreat from academics at the end of the day. It's the job of a first-rate academic institution to make sure that education doesn't stop in the classrooms...